The Emergence Machine

Dropout

abstract · Psychology · Level 10 · E9

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Emergence definition

A dropout is a person trying to break free of social norms by changing their lifestyle, which involves a transformation of state and condition, a sudden or intentional disruption of a pattern or sequence of events, and a geographical area with a defined territory governed by a structure.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “dropout” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
dropout
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L3L2L1L0DropoutNormSocietyCommunityBreakCausalityCellState… intermediate l…ForceFormLandLifeChangeActionCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesDropoutL10ChangeL1BreakL3StateL3NormL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of dropout
  • Break L3 (requires)
    Person trying to break free of social norms by changing their lifestyle.
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    dropout requires understanding state as a foundational concept
  • Norm L9 (requires) Sociology sense
    Person trying to break free of social norms by changing their lifestyle.